THE WILL OF LOVE
by Ʋis
Rating: G - PG
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Never want to fly
Never want to leave
Never want to say what you mean to me
Never want to run
Frightened to believe
You're the best thing about me
- "The Best Thing" by Savage Garden
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THREE
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"Are you sure?" Darien asked. This could not be true. It BETTER not
be true. God, PLEASE, let it be not true!
Serena bit back her lip. Maybe she was being too hard on the guy...
Maybe she was taking this too far... Nah! "Yes," she said, trying to
sound as genuine as she could. If she has done this much, there was no
turning back. She covered her face with her hands, and tried to sob. "I
--- I can't bear a child... I've gone to a doctor before, and she told
me as much..."
Darien was definitely concerned. "Did you get a second opinion?"
Serena lifter her face. "No..."
A glimmer of hope flashed in Darien's eyes. "Then that's it, then.
We'll go to another doctor and --- "
She shook her head. "No. There is no way I could possibly carry a
child. She was a very good doctor and, and..." She threw herself at him,
surprising both of them. But, rather than risk ruining this opportunity,
she made herself relax, and continued with her act. "Oh, how could I do
this..."
By then, Darien has decided, and it looked final. He took hold of her
shoulders, moved her away from him, and stared into her eyes. "We are
going to the best gynecologist in this country, and get a second
opinion."
Slightly taken aback by his determined look, Serena racked her
brains for another excuse, but found none. Instead, she asked, out of
curiousity, "Why does it seem as if it mean so much to you?"
Darien was caught off guard. "Ah --- well..." Stupid, Darien, stupid!
He could almost slap himself for forgetting what he had come to say.
It's always the hard part... He took a deep breath. "The reason I was
so concerned... And the reason I came here... Is that..."
"Go on," Serena said softly.
Darien gulped. "Ah, well... We have to produce a legitimate heir
for the company..."
"WHAT?!" Serena exclaimed, before her eyeballs went backwards and
she started falling, falling...
Darien caught her in his arms before she hit the ground. "Serena,
are you okay? Serena? Serena, wake up!"
"Serena, wake up!" Raye said, once again with her hands on her waist
and her eyes rolling around as she pace around Serena's room. The pose,
as well as the whole scene itself, was getting more familiar everyday.
"This is reality, Serena. How could you just say things like that? You?
Damaged womb? What the heck!"
"Hey, go easy on me," Serena exclaimed defensively. "It wasn't like
I already knew that I was supposed to bear a child for that dumb
company!"
"That's what you get for being so careless. Why didn't you even let
him finish his sentence, anyway?" Raye asked.
"Stop attacking me," Serena said. "Like I said, I didn't know
anything. How was I to know? Besides, what do they need a child for?"
"Well," Amy began, "if my information is correct, all the stocks of
Chiba & Company belongs to Stanford Chiba III, Darien's grandfather.
That data, added by this addition to the will he's given... I presume
that Stanford Chiba intends to keep the company to the family. With the
fact that Darien Chiba is a bachelor and shows no signs of retiring to
marriage, it is a possibility that Stanford used this will to gain
security of the legacy of the company through you, Serena."
Serena shuddered. "How could he be so inhuman? Forcing your
grandchild to go intimate with a girl you've never even met? It gives me
the creeps."
"Maybe he also wants Darien to settle down and live a life," Amy
said thoughtfully. "Being a guardian, it isn't easy to watch his life
go to waste."
"Whatever," Raye said. "We're going off the point. No matter the
cause, you're still in trouble," she addressed Serena. "In the first
place, who's the doctor you used? Whoever that may be, this kind of
situation would hurt the reputation this doctor could already have."
"That's solved," Serena said. "I didn't mention any names... I guess
I just implied that it's a female doctor."
"But if he asks for a name, what would you say?" Raye asked.
"Well..."
"Just tell him that it's of no importance," Amy said. "All that
matters is what you get on this 'second' test, ok?"
Raye smiled slyly. "I never thought you'd ever think of such things,
Amy."
Amy smiled, and then shrugged. "There's always a first, and things
aren't always what they seem. Anyway, all I'm trying to do is help our
friend here, and avoiding answering the question isn't exactly lying."
"Well, that depends upon how you avoid the question, does it not,
Amy?" Raye said, obviously taunting her friend, who doesn't usually act
like so.
"I'm telling the truth," Amy insisted.
"Whatever you say, Amy," Raye said, the grin never leaving her face.
Serena sighed. "I wonder when this will ever end."
"I wonder when this will ever end," Darien ranted once again on
his friend. To Andrew, this scene was becoming more and more familiar
everyday.
"What do you mean?" Andrew asked, curious.
"I mean this whole situation. It seems to me that neither of us wants
the marriage, so I see no reason to stop this nonsense."
"Oh, but you do have a motive for wanting this to push through. You
don't want to lose the company, do you?"
"Of course, I don't want to lose it," Darien said. "It's everything
I've worked for. Seeing it start from scratch and watch it grow into
the giant that it is now, I can never find the heart to let go of it."
Andrew nodded.
"But don't get me wrong, Drew. I still don't want a marriage. There's
a big difference between need and want."
"I see what you mean," Andrew said. "But like love and hate, there's
only a thin line between them, isn't it?"
"Whatever you say, Andrew," Darien shrugged. "I just wish that I
didn't have to go through this. I was content living my life. I was
happy being free, with the only thing that hold reins on me was the
company. On the other hand, I enjoyed working. I love the challenge it
brings me. There was never anything that restricted me, until now."
"But you can't blame Stan either," Andrew pointed out.
"I know," Darien said, sighing. "I know I can't blame him for having
a dream. I too, had a dream once... But experience taught me that
dreams don't always come true."
"Yeah," Andrew agreed. "I know what you mean."
Right there and then, a sudden resolve came over him, and reminded
him of what he has earlier decision. "But you know what?"
"What?" Andrew began to feel like on of those grown-ups trying to
console little kids who didn't get what they want, but have decided to
face them like they're the greatest people in the world, and acting like
their real age would damage their pride.
"I have decided that I will accept this situation, and make the best
out of it. I am an adult, and I will act like one. I won't let this
situation affect me."
"That's right," Andrew urged him, although feeling a little silly.
"I will marry Serena Tsukino, produce the heir that Stan wants,
retain my hold over the company and then..."
"Then what?"
"... I... I don't know."
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